TEMPLE OF DIONYSOS, ETC. 417

This avchway was partially filled up with rubble, on
removing which a flight of eleven steps appeared,
leading up to a square landing-place, from which
a passage opened into the lower diazoma of the
theatre.

This archway and the western side of the theatre
are seen beyond the huts in the view of the en-
campment (Plate LII). The masonry of the arch
itself, and of the surrounding courses, is Hel-
lenic, and seems of the same period as the end
wall of the cavea. It must, therefore, have been
retained when the west wall was rebuilt by the
Romans. In clearing out the archway, a small
circular terracotta mould was found, on which
was stamped in intaglio a group of two gladia-
tors fighting. From, the position in which this
was found, it was probably a mould from which
counters, such as were used as checks at the doors
of ancient theatres, were stamped.

In the excavation along the side of this wall, I
found among a mass of large blocks several cubes
and slabs of limestone, bearing inscriptions, nearly
all of which relate to objects dedicated. (Plates XCL,
Nos. 34, 35, XCV., No. 58.) Three of these must
have served as the bases of statues, or other sculp-
tures, as was shown by the word ewoiycrev following
the artist's name.

This discovery gave me reason to hope that the
sculptures to which these inscriptions relate might
be found near them.

A further examination of the theatre, however,
showed that these inscribed stones, together with the